Thread: The effect of German fortifications in the Battle for Berlin
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Old August 17th, 2005, 07:59 PM
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I think the motivation and determination of the Russians is why these defenses don't show up much. Like FramerT said, nothing was going to stop them. Their use of manpower to overcome any shortcoming in mechanization could also have been a factor.

I would be interested to know if any of them are still in existance. There was a photo gallery on webshots a while back that was full of a collection of current photos of WWII fortifications in France and Belguim.
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